Standard Grade Physics Course Summary
Unit 1 - TelecommunicationsCommunication using Waves
Communication using Cables
Radio & Television
Transmission of Radio Waves
Unit 2 – Using Electricity
From the Wall Socket
Alternating and Direct Current
Resistance
Useful Circuits
Behind the Wall – Domestic Wiring
Movement from Electricity
Unit 3 – Health Physics
Use of Thermometers
Using Sound
Light and Sight
Using the Spectrum
Nuclear Radiation – Humans and Medicine
Unit 4 – Electronics
Output devices
Input devices
Digital Processes
Analogue Processes
Unit 5 – Transport
One the Move – Average and Instantaneous Speed, Graphs
Forces at Work
Movement means Energy
Unit 6 – Energy Matters
Supply and Demand
Generation of Electricity
Source to Customer – Transformers and the Grid
Heat in the Home
Unit 7- Space Physics
Signals from Space – Looking at the Stars
Space Travel – Rockets and Satellites
Work Plan Revision Notes Data Sheet